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Jess Gillam with... Toby Young

Jess Gillam and composer Toby Young talk about the music they love. With music by Gesualdo, Hindemith, Purcell, the Four Tops and Armenian jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan.

Jess Gillam chats to composer and producer Toby Young about the music they love. With sparkling chamber music by Paul Hindemith, a heartbreakling aria by Henry Purcell, plus we'll dip into Motown with the Four Tops and spend some time with glorious choral music from Carlo Gesualdo.

Playlist:

Carlo Gesualdo 鈥 Ecce vidimus eum, Responsories from 1st Nocturn (The King's Singers)
Four Tops - Bernadette
Paul Hindemith - Kammermusik Op.24 No.1 for 12 instruments (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly)
Henry Purcell - When I am laid in earth, from Act III of Dido and Aeneas (Joyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev)
Tigran Hamasyan 鈥 Ancient Observer
Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Yo-Yo Ma 鈥 Your Coffee is a Disaster
Keeno 鈥 Nocturne
Giuseppe Verdi - Anvil Chorus, from Il Trovatore (Choir and Orchestra of la Scala, Milan, Riccardo Muti)

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29 minutes

Music Played

  • Toby Young

    The Art of Dancing: Breakbeat

    Performer: Simon Desbruslais. Performer: Clare Hammond. Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Woods.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Ecce vidimus eum (Responsories from 1st Nocturn)

    Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • Signum.
  • Four Tops

    Bernadette

    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
  • Paul Hindemith

    Kammermusik No.1, Op.24 No.1 for 12 instruments (mvts 1 & 4)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Henry Purcell

    "When I am laid in earth" (Dido and Aeneas)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Erato.
  • Tigran Hamasyan

    Ancient Observer

    • Nonesuch.
  • Yo鈥怸o Ma

    Your Coffee Is a Disaster

    Composer: Stuart Duncan. Composer: Edgar Meyer. Composer: Chris Thile. Performer: Stuart Duncan. Performer: Chris Thile. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Singer: Edgar Meyer.
    • Sony.
  • Keeno

    Nocturne

    • Med School.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Anvil Chorus (Il trovatore)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Sat 17 Jul 2021 12:30

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